To find the state average funding per student, go here: http://www.ride.ri.gov/Finance/funding/Uniform%20Chart%20of%20Accounts/2010/state.htm
and look in the pdf entitled: "FY10 Equalized Per Pupil District - Each District and Statewide" Note: Before leaving this page, you should take note and reconcile this page with Kozol's argument in the first chapter of Shame of the Nation.
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It is apparent through this data that Providence's attendance is sub-par in comparison to that of the state's. The attendance rate within the district has a significant drop off of 8% attendance rate from elementary to high school. It falls short of the state target attendance rate of 90% by 5% in high school, while the state exceeds the target by 2%. The average attendance rate in Providence is 90%, meeting the state target, but falling short by 4% of the state's average. In addition, the chronic absenteeism at 34% is nearly twice as high as the state's average at 18%. The percentage of students who graduated from this district in 2011 was merely 66.1%, an astounding 11% lower than the state's 77.2% graduation rate. This perhaps can be attributed to the dropout rate of 23.6%, nearly twice as high as the state's 12.5%. Providence also has a very apparent disciplinary problem, starting within elementary school. The number of incidents within the city (1169) account for nearly 40% of the suspensions within Rhode Island, and account for a large portion of the state's suspensions throughout both middle and high school.
While this district spends over $1,200 more per pupil at $15,305, than East Greenwich ($14,086), despite their significantly lower median family income (nearly one third less at $32,058 compared to $90,221), they have little to show for it academically. In addition, the property value of each student, determined as the comprehensive value of all real property in the district divided by the average daily enrollment of public school students within the district, is over a third less than East Grenwich's $1,002,895 at $378,009.
State and District Data Collection
Safe & Supportive Schools • Funding & Resources
Use the InfoWorks Live website at http://infoworks.ride.ri.gov/ to collect the necessary data to describe your school district.
Safe and Supportive Schools
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Attendance
Funding and Resources
For definitions, go to http://infoworks.ride.ri.gov/funding-and-resources/definitions-and-background
To find the state average funding per student, go here:
http://www.ride.ri.gov/Finance/funding/Uniform%20Chart%20of%20Accounts/2010/state.htm
and look in the pdf entitled: "FY10 Equalized Per Pupil District - Each District and Statewide" Note: Before leaving this page, you should take note and reconcile this page with Kozol's argument in the first chapter of Shame of the Nation.
Summary Paragraph(s)
It is apparent through this data that Providence's attendance is sub-par in comparison to that of the state's. The attendance rate within the district has a significant drop off of 8% attendance rate from elementary to high school. It falls short of the state target attendance rate of 90% by 5% in high school, while the state exceeds the target by 2%. The average attendance rate in Providence is 90%, meeting the state target, but falling short by 4% of the state's average. In addition, the chronic absenteeism at 34% is nearly twice as high as the state's average at 18%. The percentage of students who graduated from this district in 2011 was merely 66.1%, an astounding 11% lower than the state's 77.2% graduation rate. This perhaps can be attributed to the dropout rate of 23.6%, nearly twice as high as the state's 12.5%. Providence also has a very apparent disciplinary problem, starting within elementary school. The number of incidents within the city (1169) account for nearly 40% of the suspensions within Rhode Island, and account for a large portion of the state's suspensions throughout both middle and high school.
While this district spends over $1,200 more per pupil at $15,305, than East Greenwich ($14,086), despite their significantly lower median family income (nearly one third less at $32,058 compared to $90,221), they have little to show for it academically. In addition, the property value of each student, determined as the comprehensive value of all real property in the district divided by the average daily enrollment of public school students within the district, is over a third less than East Grenwich's $1,002,895 at $378,009.